Month: August 2011
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Youth Ministry Done Well
Jon Neilson has been blogging with some very good stuff and getting it published on Gospel Coalition these days. It’s worth reading and considering this guys thoughts… Like the following which can be found in detail HERE: YOUTH MINISTRY “DONE WELL”First, I need to clarify what I mean by youth ministry done well. I mean…
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Is Soul Surfer a Christian movie?
I ran across this very provocative blog post questioning the message of the movie. I’m really not as fussy about this sort of thing as some can be… but the guy does make a good point overall regardless of what you thought of the film. Bethany Hamilton’s story is inspiring and encouraging, and I’m sure…
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25 years ago…
Not to be sentimental of course, but 25 years ago today Jane and I tied the knot. We were young… very young of course. I wondered what else started in the year we got married. So Wikipedia helped me to recall that in 1986:The first PC virus, Brain, started to spread. Of course I did…
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37 ways our youth groups could really stand out
Found this interesting look at 37 ways that Christians can love one another as prescribed by scripture. It includes… Be devoted to one another (Rom. 12:10).Give preference to one another (Rom. 12:10).Be of the same mind toward one another (Rom. 12:16).Accept one another by withholding judgment (Rom. 14:1).Accept one another by showing deference (Rom. 14:1–5;…
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Divided
A friend in Australia, Graham Stanton, has posted a three part response to the movie “Divided” which is worth considering. Graham is a guy who is willing to slay sacred cows and take on ideas that have wide acceptance but might not be exactly biblical. I watched him do this fairly effectively at an international…
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Looting our youth?
The recent riots and looting that started in London and spread across England was very disturbing to watch. I found the news very depressing… enough to put me in a bit of a funk and begin pondering how things got that way. The thought of a generation that would erupt in chaos should be incredibly…
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Why Youth Stay in Church When They Grow Up
The Gospel Coalition posted a piece that I am sure a bunch of you have read, but for those who have not… It is here. The daunting statistics about chucchgoing youth keep rolling in. Panic ensues. What are we doing wrong in our churches? In our youth ministries? It’s hard to sort through the various…
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Moron… I mean more on the media
Ed Stetzer weighs in on the media portraying the Norway shooter as a Christian Fundamentalist. It’s worth reading. A quote from it… A narrative is being fashioned about conservative Christians (and to the media, just about all evangelicals would be very conservative). That narrative is that they are simple, angry, persecute gays, cling to God…
